Marc Provins
dal 14/10/2005 al 26/11/2005
Segnalato da
14/10/2005
Marc Provins
Dagmar De Pooter Gallery, Antwerp
In-Between. The exhibition explores the idea of being in transit from place to place, people in temporary spaces. The artist has made unconventional portraits of people moving at speed on the London Underground system. Later he worked with the images on computer, extracting parts of the pictures.
In-between’
The title of the exhibition is ‘In-between’ as the work explores the idea of being in transit from place to place, people in temporary spaces.
For this show I have made unconventional portraits of people moving at speed on the London Underground system. I stood on a variety of underground platforms, using a video camera originally and later a digital camera to record people on trains passing by. There is a large element of chance as to how successful these ‘portraits’ are, but for me this is an essential part of the process. I later work with the images on my computer, extracting the part of the picture that interests me – enhancing the definition to give it a hyper-real quality.
I’m particularly interested in the London Underground for several reasons: It is the oldest, deepest and largest underground train system in the world, imbued with the history of the millions who have used it, always full of people passing through. It is never a destination, just a vehicle to move people from A to B. There is no natural light – the usual source of inspiration for photography and photographers.
I have also done a smaller series on the New York Subway.
This work continues to develop ideas that I’ve explored in earlier projects. I’m interested in how we become connected to physical locations through experience and memory and how in turn we leave evidence of ourselves. This might be in the form of a dent in a seat, a memory in someone’s mind, or a fleeting appearance on closed circuit television.
I made this work between February and August this year. The terrorist bombings in July mean there is now a new and unexpected reading to the work, as some of the images bear a resemblance to CCTV footage, or the blurred images and videos recorded on mobile phones by witnesses. Is the viewer now making subconscious judgements about the subjects of the images – are they potential victims or perpetrators? (Marc Provins, text email sent on monday, 26 september 2005 at 11:24pm to the Critic David Ulrichs
The exhibition is in the scope of Photo Antwerp/Foto Antwerpen 2005.
Opening weekend 15 October 2005, saturday 13.00h -18.00h and 16 October 2005, sunday 11.00h - 18.00h
Dagmar De Pooter Gallery
Graaf Van Hoornestraat 6 - Antwerpen
Open: Wednesday to Saturday 2-6 pm and by appointment